Almost exactly four months after the announcement, it’s finally here the official HP TouchPad release date and pricing. The Wi-Fi only of the HP’s first webOS tablet will start selling in US on July 1st. You can get the 16GB for $499.99 and 32GB for 599.99. The HP TouchPad pre order for North America and Europe also will be opened starting from June 19.

The HP TouchPad release date then will be followed by the UK, Ireland, France and Germany a few days later while Canada will get the tablet in mid-July. The roll-out will continue to Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore and Spain later this year.

Last but not least, HP also announced that the cellular version of the HP TouchPad will be introduced later this summer with AT&T as the partner.

Check out the press release of the HP TouchPad Release Date and Pricing announcement below.

HP Announces HP TouchPad Availability for United States, Europe and Canada

Wi-Fi version of first HP webOS tablet also coming to Asia Pacific later this year

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that the Wi-Fi version of HP TouchPad will be available in the United States on July 1.

“What makes HP TouchPad a compelling alternative to competing products is webOS”

HP’s first webOS tablet will be available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Germany a few days later and in Canada in mid-July, with availability scheduled to follow later this year in Italy and Spain, as well as in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore.

HP TouchPad will be available from U.S. retailers, commercial resellers and direct from HP with the option of either 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage⁽¹⁾ for $499.99 and $599.99, respectively.⁽²⁾ Preorders in North America and Europe will begin June 19.

“What makes HP TouchPad a compelling alternative to competing products is webOS,” said Jon Rubinstein, senior vice president and general manager, Palm Global Business Unit, HP. “The platform’s unmatched features and flexibility will continue to differentiate HP products from the rest of the market for both personal and professional use. This is only the beginning of what HP’s scale can do with webOS.”

With webOS, HP TouchPad users have a next-level multitasking experience, access to the web, premium audio playback with stereo speakers and Beats Audio™ technology, the ability to find information on the device or in the cloud using the Just Type feature, integrated access to their information with HP Synergy, and HP’s exclusive Touch to Share capability for sharing web addresses between HP TouchPad and compatible webOS phones.⁽³⁾

Optional accessories for HP TouchPad include the HP Touchstone Charging Dock, the HP TouchPad Wireless Keyboard and the HP TouchPad Case (sold separately).

HP also announced it will be partnering with AT&T to introduce a connected version of HP TouchPad later this summer. More information will be available closer to availability.

U.S. retailers and commercial resellers for HP TouchPad will include Best Buy, Staples, Office Depot, Walmart, Sam’s Club, OfficeMax, Amazon.com, Fry’s, Microcenter, other leading local and regional retailers, and HP’s online stores. Specific pricing and availability for HP TouchPad in Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom will be announced regionally. Details for Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore and Spain will be announced at a later date.

More information about HP TouchPad, including product features and specs, is available at www.hpwebos.com/us/products/pads/touchpad.

[via: HP Palm Blog, BusinessWire]

Back in February when HP introduced the smallest full-featured HP webOS smartphone HP Veer 4G, it’s only said that the phone will be available in early spring without any info about the exact date yet the pricing. But today it’s all clear as AT&T announced that the phone will be available from AT&T stores and online on May 15. The Veer will be offered at $99.99 with a two-year contract both in black or white color.

Read more details about the HP Veer 4G at AT&T website.

AT&T Goes Small With HP Veer 4G

Exclusive Smartphone for AT&T Customers Available May 15, Packs a Big Experience into a Powerfully Small Design

Dallas, Texas, May 04, 2011

Key Facts

• The new HP Veer 4G*, the size of a credit card and no thicker than a deck of cards, will be the smallest full-featured HP webOS smartphone to date and AT&T’s** first to run the latest version of webOS software.
• Perfect for feature phone or quick messaging phone users looking for all of the features and capabilities of a smartphone without compromising on size and style.
• Exclusive in the U.S. for AT&T customers, HP Veer 4G is available in black and white.
• HP Veer 4G will be available from AT&T at company-owned stores and online at http://www.att.com/ on May 15 and will cost $99.99 with a two-year contract.

4G Portfolio

AT&T is a pioneer in smartphones and devices, and expects to widen its portfolio in 2011. In January, AT&T committed to introducing 20 4G devices by the end of the year.  Available exclusively to AT&T customers, HP Veer 4G will be one of several 4G devices offered in the first half of 2011.

Customer Benefits

With the HP Veer 4G, AT&T customers can have it all – access to the web, apps, social networks and more, all in one powerfully small design. For those who value size, pocketability and style, Veer offers a refreshing alternative to the larger smartphone devices that are currently in the market, without compromising on functionality.

Powered by HP webOS, Veer offers an advanced browser and an incredibly fast processor for a fantastic web experience including Adobe Flash support, plus 8GB of internal user storage and a full keyboard that slides out for fast texting and email.  Notifications instantly display messages, reminders, and Facebook® updates on a vivid 2.6-inch touchscreen, with instant messages, texts and pictures from the same person available all in one view.

HP Veer 4G comes preloaded with several popular apps including mobile hotspot and AT&T Navigator.  The mobile hotspot functionality*** allows users to share wireless internet connectivity with up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices while AT&T Navigator**** a GPS-enabled navigation service, is designed to provide you with clear and precise audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, including full-color moving maps, using GPS directly from your wireless phone.

In addition, thousands of apps are available at your fingertips in the redesigned webOS App Catalog – social networking, health and fitness, productivity, finance, games—you name it. With Veer, customers are able to keep multiple apps open at once and easily switch back and forth between them. Purchasing apps is now even easier with the addition of carrier billing. Customers can now buy apps on their phone and have it added to their monthly bill with just a tap.

If you need a little help finding your way or locating cool things to do around you, Veer also boasts built-in GPS.

Key Specifications

• HP webOS 2.1
• 3.63 ounces
• Tri-band UMTS: 850/1900/2100; HSDPA Cat 10/HSUPA Cat 6
• Quad-band GSM/EDGE
• 800Mhz processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7230)
• 2.6-inch multitouch display screen with a vibrant 18-bit color, 320×400 resolution
• Slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard
• Email and integrated IM, SMS and MMS
• Facebook integration, YouTube
• Wi-Fi/aGPS capable
• 5-megapixel camera with extended depth of field, geotagging, and video capture
• Stereo Bluetooth (2.1)
• 8GB internal storage(~6.1GB available)
• 910 mAh battery; up to 5.0 hours of talk time or up to 300 hours of standby time.
• webOS WebKit browser with Flash support
• HP Touchstone compatible (sold separately)

To learn more about the HP Veer 4G, visit www.att.com/mobilephones-news.

Almost exactly one month after the announcement, finally we got new update about the new HP webOS devices: HP Pre 3, HP Veer and HP TouchPad. These devices are now available for pre-order from a UK reseller KingOfGadgets.co.uk. However, seems like those devices are still available in limited number only. The last time we checked to the website said that the HP Pre 3 is already in ‘Out of Stock’ status. So, you better be hurry or just wait until more stocks available.

Despite this limited stock issue, at least you know now the pricing for these webOS devices. And if you want to get it from other places, i’m sure it would be more or less similar. As you can see on the website, the unlock version of HP Pre 3 if offered at £499.00 or exactly the same price with the HP Veer. While for the tablet HP TouchPad, you can get it for £699.00.

[via: KingOfGadgets]

More info about HP TouchPad can be found at the HP TouchPad page on Palm’s website.

More details about HP Pre 3 including features and others can be found at HP Pre 3 page on Palm’s website.

More details about HP Veer including features and others can be found at HP Veer page on Palm’s website.

HP Veer

HP Veer is the smallest webOS device to date, comes in the size of a credit card but offers the higher-end features of a smartphone. At just 54.5 mm x 84.0 mm x 15.1 mm and only 103 grams, Veer touts an 800 MHz processor, a vivid 2.57-inch glass display, full slide-out keyboard, 8GB of internal user storage, a high-performance browser with full access to the web including support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta, Wi-Fi, integrated GPS, robust messaging support, and multimedia options including musics, photos, video-recording and playback, and a 5-megapixel camera.

The HP Veer smartphone is scheduled to be available in the early spring. But there’s no exact date yet pricing available so far. For more details please read the HP veer full press release.

HP Pre 3

HP Pre 3 is the medium size devices introduced at the webOS event. It comes in a thin slider with the largest QWERTY keyboard yet with 3.6-inch display at WVGA resolution or 2.5 times that what Pre has. It has a 5 megapixel camera, HD video with stabilization, front-facing camera for video calling, Wi-Fi b/g/n, 8GB or 16GB storage, and a Qualcomm processor at 1.4GHz.

The HP Pre 3 is scheduled to be available in the summer. But no exact date yet the pricing available so far. For more details please read the HP Pre 3 full press release.

HP Touch Pad

And finally the large size devices HP Touch Pad. It has a 9.7 inch display at 1024×768, Beats Audio built-in, weigh a little more than 1.5 pounds and 13 mm thick. It’s equipped with a dual-core Qualcomm 8660 Snapdragon processor at 1.2GHz, full 1 GB of RAM, and will be available in either 16GB or 32GB of storage. The HP TouchPad has all the webOS features including card stacks, Synergy and the Palm Profile.

Like the Pre 3, the HP TouchPad will be available in the summer. For more details please read the HP TouchPad full press release.

Here’s the source code looks like,

if ((machineType.contentEquals(“broadway”)) ||
(machineType.contentEquals(“windsor”)) ||
(machineType.contentEquals(“mantaray”)) ||
(machineType.contentEquals(“stingray”)) ||
(machineType.contentEquals(“roadrunner”)))
{ this.flasherLogger.logPrintln(“temporarily not
restoring logs for newer devices”);

There’s also something called “A6UpdateStage” mentioned on the code which is probably something related to internal hardware. I hope this “A6″ is not something related to the Palm UP383562A A6 Battery which is kind of old accessories.

So for the moment let’s just keep that in the rumor mill and see how HP transforms their hardware expertise to Palm.

[via: Pre Central]

Despite this great news, we also have to say sorry to Palm Pixi’s users knowing that the Adobe Flash support won’t be available for Pixi or Pixi Plus. At least that’s what we can see from the Palm Pre 2 Press release few days ago.

(6) The Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta is compatible only with Palm Pre devices; not compatible with Pixi or Pixi Plus.

Well this could be a little disapointment but still a good news though.

[source: Palm Pre, Palm Pixi]

The Roadrunner device spotted for the first time last week on the same Metrix logs. It was a webOS developer who created an app with Foursquare reported this info. And this time, the Roadrunner comes again tweeted by KillinItLLC, the developer of popular game Cloud Hopper.

Check out the chart of the Metrix developer logs below:

The following info could make this Roadrunner thing become more real:

• Phone Arena recently published an “unofficial” Verizon upcoming phones which included Palm Pre 2 for October release

Our source indicates that we might see the Palm Pre 2 doing its thing at this time, however, every bit of info regarding this possible successor seems to be held pretty tightly right now.

• Jon Rubinstein with an interview with Fortune magazine recently affirmed that webOS 2.0 will be available for download later this year.
• Another hint by Jon Rubinstein said that Palm is also developing hardware in an aggressive manner.

As October is coming soon, it’s really interesting to see what Palm will bring for the first time after the HP acquisition.